So you define as hateful the act to refuse to participate in activity that one finds morally objectionable?
The article you reference is about the effect of the lack of stability caused by parents lacking official recognition, not about the children of homosexual parents in general. But the studies of the sort to which the AAP referred have come under heavy fire as of late. For example, a study out of USC specifically looked at the body of research that had been done and found that the studies generally asked questions of their data that would lead to a specific conclusion, rather than allowing the data to lead to conclusions. But when different questions were asked of the same data - for example, not just about sexual orientation - the image that emerged was much different. Further, it was found that many of the studies were commissioned specifically for political reasons, and in that way are no different than those commissioned by fundamentalist Christians trying to manipulate science to prove their side. It doesn't prove that the conclusion is wrong, but it does prove that the it has not been proven that the conclusion is right, as has been touted by people engaging in the issue as a political rather than a developmental one.
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Date: 2006-03-12 02:58 am (UTC)The article you reference is about the effect of the lack of stability caused by parents lacking official recognition, not about the children of homosexual parents in general. But the studies of the sort to which the AAP referred have come under heavy fire as of late. For example, a study out of USC specifically looked at the body of research that had been done and found that the studies generally asked questions of their data that would lead to a specific conclusion, rather than allowing the data to lead to conclusions. But when different questions were asked of the same data - for example, not just about sexual orientation - the image that emerged was much different. Further, it was found that many of the studies were commissioned specifically for political reasons, and in that way are no different than those commissioned by fundamentalist Christians trying to manipulate science to prove their side. It doesn't prove that the conclusion is wrong, but it does prove that the it has not been proven that the conclusion is right, as has been touted by people engaging in the issue as a political rather than a developmental one.